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pout

1  [pout]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to thrust out the lips, esp. in displeasure or sullenness.
2. to look or be sullen.
3. to swell out or protrude, as lips.
–verb (used with object)
4. to protrude (the lips).
5. to utter with a pout.
–noun
6. the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
7. a fit of sullenness: to be in a pout.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME pouten; c. Sw (dial.) puta to be inflated

Related forms:
poutful, adjective
pout⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 2. brood, mope, glower, scowl, sulk.
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2  [pout]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) pout, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pouts.
1. horned pout.
2. ocean pout.
3. a northern, marine food fish, Trisopterus luscus.
Origin:
bef. 1000; OE -pūta, in ǣlepūta eelpout (not recorded in ME); c. D puit frog
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pout 1   (pout)   
v.   pout·ed, pout·ing, pouts

v.   intr.

  1. To exhibit displeasure or disappointment; sulk.

  2. To protrude the lips in an expression of displeasure or sulkiness.

  3. To project or protrude.

v.   tr.

  1. To push out or protrude (the lips).

  2. To utter or express with a pout.

n.  

  1. A protrusion of the lips, especially as an expression of sullen discontent.

  2. A fit of petulant sulkiness. Often used in the plural with the.


[Middle English pouten, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
pout'i·ly adv., pout'y adj.
pout 2   (pout)   
n.   pl. pout or pouts
Any of various freshwater or marine fishes, especially an eelpout or hornpout.

[Middle English *poute, from Old English -pūte (as in ǣlepūte, eelpout).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

pout  (v.)
c.1325, perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. Swed. dial. puta "to be puffed out"), or Fris. (cf. E.Fris. püt "bag, swelling," Low Ger. puddig "swollen"), related via notion of "inflation" to O.E. ælepute "fish with inflated parts," and M.Du. puyt, Flem. puut "frog."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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pout

common fish of the cod family, Gadidae, found in the sea along European coastlines. The bib is a rather deep-bodied fish with a chin barbel, three close-set dorsal fins, and two close-set anal fins. It usually grows no longer than about 30 cm (12 inches) and is copper red with darker bars. Though abundant, it is not sought as food.

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